Trojan girls top field at home meet

New Prague's girls track and field team won a three-team meet at Trojan Field Thursday, April 12.

New Prague compiled 71 points, Farmington was second at 68 and Shakopee had 47.

Coach Johnny Josephson said the team showed great improvement from their season opener at Mankato.

The Trojans had four first place finishes. Rachel Thompson won the discus with a throw of 97 feet, 5 inches, Megan Doran won the pole vault, clearing 9 feet, Tasha Jendersee won the 100 meters in 13.66 seconds and the 4x800 team of Maria Berg, Ashley Altschul, Mikaela Algren and Ella Grote won in 10:30.24.

Jendersee also had two second-place finishes, in the 200 meters and as part of the 4x200 relay. Others finishing second were Marissa Ekness in the long jump, Sydney Samson in both the triple jump and 100 hurdles, Jessica Niedermayer in the 100, Anna Rynda in the 400, Altschul in the 800, the 4x200 relay team of Jendersee, Taylor Johnson, Karlee Blanchard and Mikayla Reimers, and the 4x400 relay of Dittberner, Blanchard, Rynda and Reimers.

Moukda Chounlamany took third place in both of the throws, the discus and shot put. Also placing third were Jamie Niedermayer in the long jump, Monica Kuehl in the triple jump, Ekness in the 100 hurdles, Samson in the 300 hurdles, Algren in the 800, Berg in the 3,200 and the 4x100 relay team of Rachel Haecherl, Kuehl, Lilly Rezac and Mallory Applegate.

Fourth place finishers were Jess Niedermayer in both the long jump and pole vault, Sophie Puente in the triple jump, Jessica Allar in the high jump, Jamie Niedermayer in the 100, Ekness in the 300 hurdles and Lauren Schoenbauer in the 3,200.

Placing fifth were Miranda Reinartz in the discus, Applegate in the long jump, Jamie Niedermayer in the pole vault and 200, Samson in the high jump, Reimers in the 400, and Wormer in the 800.

Korey Wilson placed sixth in the 400 and Maria Friedges was sixth in the 3,200.

The Trojans compete in the Farmington Invitational Thursday, April 19, then head to Lakeville for the Lakeville North Mega Meet Friday, April 20. New Prague competes at Red Wing Tuesday, April 24.

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